Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Short Interest Update

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 33,300 shares, a decrease of 24.8% from the March 31st total of 44,300 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 53,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Aware stock. Herald Investment Management Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 202.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 430,000 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 288,057 shares during the period. Herald Investment Management Ltd owned 2.05% of Aware worth $585,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Aware Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ AWRE traded down $0.02 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $1.71. The stock had a trading volume of 11,619 shares, compared to its average volume of 28,829. The company has a market capitalization of $36.05 million, a PE ratio of -4.89 and a beta of 0.78. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $1.80 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1.65. Aware has a 1 year low of $1.05 and a 1 year high of $2.10.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 12th. The software maker reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 14.28% and a negative net margin of 40.09%. The business had revenue of $4.37 million for the quarter.

Aware Company Profile

Aware, Inc, an authentication company, provides biometrics software products and solutions for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, including Knomi, a mobile biometric framework which provides multiple biometric modality options; AwareABIS, an automated biometric identification system used for large-scale biometric identification and deduplication; AFIX suite used for small-scale law enforcement focused biometric identification; and AFIX Tracker for fingerprint, palmprint, and latent print identification, as well as AFIX Face, AFIX Verifier, AFIX Identifier, AFIX Comparator, AFIX Engine, and AFIX NIST Transaction Engine.